Jane (I) Carr

Was born at 1 August 1909 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, UK . Died at 29 September 1957, London, England, UK

Jane Carr (b. Dorothy Henrietta "Rita" Brunstrom) was a star of stage,screen and radio. Jane's first husband was James Bickley, a civilengineer, whom she married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office,Marylebone, London. A London Times article dated 2 December 1936mentioned that at this time she had been "engaged to Major A.

J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D. S. O.

, M. C. , the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, Powick, Worcester. " Her second union,this with John Donaldson-Hudson, took place on 7 January 1943 at theRegister Office, Westminster, when he was 34 and she was 33 years old.

She gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson before thedissolving of her marriage before the autumn of 1947. CharlotteDonaldson-Hudson was known to retell in careful detail a visit by NoelCoward to her mother's South Audley Street, Mayfair flat aspreparations were being made for the 1950 Festival of Britain. MissHudson recalled Noel Coward as having been a "frequent visitor" to the"well known actress. " In the drawing room were two Bluthner grandpianos and on one of these Mr. Coward composed, "Festival of Britain.

"Jane Carr at the time was a pianist and singer at both Quaglino's(noted for having defiantly remained open during the war amid Luftwaffeattacks) and The Savoy, and would regularly perform the Coward piece atthese. Shortly before her third marriage in 1955 to (Henry J. ) RobertStent, Jane was diagnosed with a terminal illness, which would claimher life in two years. Jane and Robert, the Managing Director of TrustHouse Hotels, purchased a mill on the River Waveny, between Suffolk andNorfolk, England; here the couple would host many of Jane's showbusiness friends, among whom were Michael Denison and Dulci Grey, andJane's closest friend, celebrity interior designer Nina Campbell. .

The image of Brunstrom, Dorothy Henrietta was on the covers of these magazines:

"Radio Pictorial" (UK), 11 June 1937, Iss. 178

"Radio Pictorial" (UK), 7 August 1936, Iss. 134

"Radio Pictorial" (UK), 8 June 1934, Iss. 21

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Carr, Jane (I) in movies: Annie, Leave the Room! , The Case of Mr. Clare , 36 Hours , A Night with the Stars , Alibi , Captains Orders , Dick Turpin , Get Off My Foot , Hello, Sweetheart , Its Not Cricket , Its You I Want , Keep It Quiet , Lady from Lisbon , Let Me Explain, Dear , Little Miss Somebody , Lord Edgware Dies , Love Me, Love My Dog , Melody and Romance , Millions , Murder at the Inn , Night Mail , Oh No Doctor! , On the Air , Orders Is Orders , Sabotage at Sea , Stop the Merry-Go-Round , Taxi to Paradise , The Ace of Spades , The Church Mouse , The Disagreeable Man , The Interrupted Honeymoon , The Lad , The Lilac Domino , The Night Club Queen , The Outcast , The Saints Return , The Seventh Survivor , The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes , The White Coons Concert Party , Those Were the Days